{"podcast":{"title":"Awake At Night","slug":"awake-at-night-769564","podcast_index_feed_id":769564,"rss_url":"https://unhcr.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/1/0/7/c107611eabf3c5b6/awakeatnight-icon-1400x1400-UN-2.0-final.png","author":"Tulin Battikhi","episode_count":141,"summary":"What does it take to be a United Nations worker in some of the world's most complex and dangerous places? How are UN humanitarians, human rights advocates, prosecutors, development experts, climate leaders and peacekeepers improving our world? Stationed in all reaches of the world and witness to suffering and atrocities, how are they helping people and coping themselves? To find out, Melissa Fleming meets them. Here you will discover extraordinary personal stories from people who devote their lives to helping others.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T00:19:21.034376+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-at-night-769564"},"episode":{"title":"A ray of hope for cancer patients, with Dr. May Abdel-Wahab - Director of the Division of Human Health at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)","slug":"a-ray-of-hope-for-cancer-patients-with-dr-may-abdel-wahab-director-of-the-division-of-human-health-at-the-international-atomic-energy-agency-iaea","published_at":"2025-09-11T18:25:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-at-night-769564/a-ray-of-hope-for-cancer-patients-with-dr-may-abdel-wahab-director-of-the-division-of-human-health-at-the-international-atomic-energy-agency-iaea","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-at-night-769564","url":"https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s11-may-abdel-wahab-a-ray-of-hope-for-cancer-patients","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/unhcr/AAN_S11_-_May_Abdel-Wahab_03_mixdown1.mp3?dest-id=719614","summary":"Whenever a new cancer patient entered her office in the U.S., Dr. May Abdel-Wahab knew she could help by palliating their pain and working towards a cure. Now, as Director of the Division of Human Health at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), she delivers hope to patients in places where treatment has until now been unavailable. \"So much can be done to treat cancer, but too many people in the developing world have no access to care. It's unthinkable. It's unfair.\" With global cancer cases expected to mount in the next two decades, the IAEA is equipping low- and middle income countries with training and radiotherapy to help more people survive the disease. In this episode, Dr. May Abdel-Wahab reflects on the outlook for cancer outcomes around the world, the challenges of anchoring new treatment centres, and shares how her upbringing taught her to see the world as one human family. \"Every person that walks through the door is a new person, a new friend … if they leave the exam room with a smile and feeling hope, then you've done a good job.\" Related content and photos: https://www.un.org/en/awake-at-night/s11-may-abdel-wahab-a-ray-of-hope-for-cancer-patients","meta_description":"Whenever a new cancer patient entered her office in the U.S., Dr. May Abdel-Wahab knew she could help by palliating their pain and working towards a cure.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2129,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/awake-at-night-769564/episodes/a-ray-of-hope-for-cancer-patients-with-dr-may-abdel-wahab-director-of-the-division-of-human-health-at-the-international-atomic-energy-agency-iaea/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-at-night-769564/a-ray-of-hope-for-cancer-patients-with-dr-may-abdel-wahab-director-of-the-division-of-human-health-at-the-international-atomic-energy-agency-iaea.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}